Re: [free-software-melb] Next meeting: Thursday the 17th of May

2012-05-16 Thread Kirsten Larsen
Hi everyone, I can't make it tonight but will try to come again to the next one (I was the woman at the last meeting that doesn't know much about computers :). In the meantime, there were a couple of you that expressed interest in the project I'm working on (free and open software for food distri

[free-software-melb] Open Food Web links

2012-08-18 Thread Kirsten Larsen
Hi people, Thanks for your interest in the Open Food Web project (those who were at the meeting the other night and others that I'm yet to meet :). For those of you that weren't there, basically we're developing something like e-bay for farmers that works closely with diverse distribution enterpri

Re: [free-software-melb] Donating to free software (was: GNU Media Goblin crowd-funding campaign)

2012-10-24 Thread Kirsten Larsen
agree, group donations a good idea . . and can I throw an option into the mix for future - diaspora ( http://diasporaproject.org/) - seems like facebook is determined to kill itself through greed and i wonder if a strong push of support at the right time could increase chances of flight to diaspor

Re: [free-software-melb] Donating to free software (was: GNU Media Goblin crowd-funding campaign)

2012-11-01 Thread Kirsten Larsen
Hi people, FYI there's also another group of people discussing / thinking about this and poss. of setting up decent trial in Melb, using social networks through hub melbourne, collabforge, p2p foundation etc. Suggesting profile for serversaurus or other hosting service if willing to sponsor. Are t

Re: [free-software-melb] [free-software-melb-announce] linux.conf.au free software conference this month

2013-01-09 Thread Kirsten Larsen
Hi people, I have just decided to go too, looks like some interesting stuff and lots to learn. I'm on the cheap though - going to drive my van and stay with friends where I can etc. Anyone else interested in a road trip and sharing petrol costs? Est. $50-80 each way (or less if there are a couple